Coin-tray.



G.. 'I'. WLLIS.

com TRAY.

APPLIOATION FILED 0OT.22, 1912.

LQQQQQX Patented May 5, 19M.

GEORGE F. WILLIS, 0F YERINGTON, NEVADA.

COIN-TRAY.

Specification of LetterslPatent.

Patented May 5, 1914.

Application led October 22, 1912. Serial No. 727,249.

To all ywhom, 'it may (1o/cern Be it known that l, Gnoiion F. lViLLiS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Yer-` ington, in the county of Lyon and State of Nevada, have invented certain new aiid useful Improvements in Coin-Trays, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to coin trays and has special reference to a novel forni of coin ti'ay so provided with indicating devices that the number of coins in the tray and the number of coins desired to be removed may be indicated to the eye without the necessity oi' counting the same.

The principal object of the invention is to improve and simplify the general Construction of devicesI of this character.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention consists in general of certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically claimed.

1n the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and Figure 1 is a plan View of the coin tray constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom view thereof. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. Fig. 4 is a. side elevation. Fig. 5 is a view showing a slight modification in order to better disclose the desired scale arrangement, the divisional members being shown at the corners in place of the middle ot' the sides of the tray as in Fig. 4.

1n the construction of this tray there is provided a block 10 of substantially rectangular form in the original blank as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. l, it being understood that these dotted lines do not l'orm part of the completed invention. This blank is bored out or otherwise formed with cylindrical pockets 11 of such size as to aC- commodate the coins it is desired to hold in the tray. These coins may either be of uniform value in all of the pockets, or may vary in value. There is also provided a centrally disposed pocket 12. The corner pockets 11 are provided with bottoms 13 of segmental form, the balance of the corner being out away as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The central pocket 12 is provided with an annular flange 14 forming a bottom and arranged to leave a finger hole 15. A side slot 16 is cut between the center and one corner pocket. Arranged on the flattened portions of the sides, either at the corner or in the middle of the rectangular block are gage lines 17 having gage numbers 18 adjacent the saine. By referring to Fig. 5 it will be seen that the scale on opposite sides-of a pocket is reversed.

lVhen using this device the coins are dropped in the respective pockets and the number of coins in a pocket is indicated by the scale which begins at the bottom of the pocket. Now, if it be desired to remove a given number of coins, it is simply necessary to insert the thumb nail beneath the proper coin, this being indicated on the scale beginning with the Zero at the top and running downward. The separate coins may then be lifted out. By referring to the drawing it will be seen that one of the corner pockets 11 communicates with the central pocket 12 by means of the sight slot 16. Since the outer portion of the tray is provided with a gage to determine the number of coins within the pocket, or the exact amount contained in the pocket 12 may be told by referring lirst to the gage and then glancing through the sight slot 1G and viewing the stack contained in the pocket 12. When the amount in the pocket 12 has been determined a person may insert his finger through the hole 15 and force the coins upwardly until a desired amount has passed from the pocket 12.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed las new, is

A coin tray comprising a squared body having grooved corners, said body provided with vertically-extending sockets of different sizes adapted to receive different sized coins, said body provided with a gage at its outer portion adjacent leach coin pocket, said body provided with a centrally-located coin pocket and having a' transverselyextending groove extendin from said central coin and force the desired number of coins from poeketto one oi said corner coin pockets said central pocket.

whereby the exact amount contained in the In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my central pocket may be ascertained by viewsignature in presence of two witnesses.

ing the coin through said groove, and said v GEORGE F. WILLIS. body provided with a finger-hold in the Witnesses:

lower portion of said central pocket where- J. I. WILSON,

by u person may insert a. finger therethrough GEO. W. WEBSTER. 

